Call to Arms (Sick of It All album) explained

Call to Arms
Type:studio
Artist:Sick of It All
Cover:soia_call.jpg
Released:February 23, 1999
Recorded:Big House (New York City)
Genre:Heavy hardcore[1]
Length:32:55
Label:Fat Wreck Chords[2]
Producer:Sick of It All & John Seymour
Prev Title:Built to Last
Prev Year:1997
Next Title:Yours Truly
Next Year:2000

Call to Arms is the fifth full-length studio album from American hardcore punk band Sick of It All.[3] It was the band's first full-length release on Fat Wreck Chords and follows the 1998 EP, Potential for a Fall.

Critical reception

The A.V. Club called the album "packed with all the sturm und drang of its previous releases, bearing the hallmarks of virtually all good hardcore: breakneck speed, heavy guitar riffs, and shouting that would be unintelligible were it not for the lyric sheet."[3] CMJ New Music Report wrote that the songs "come from the gut — anthems in the truest sense, flexing championship muscles that have been pumped up by working class bravado and street punk pride."[4]

Track listing

All tracks written by Sick of It All.

  1. "Let Go"  - 1:09
  2. "Call to Arms"  - 1:48
  3. "Potential for a Fall"  - 2:28
  4. "Falter"  - 1:13
  5. "The Future Is Mine"  - 2:04
  6. "Guilty"  - 1:32
  7. "Falling Apart"  - 2:03
  8. "Sanctuary"  - 1:55
  9. "Morally Confused"  - 1:50
  10. "Hindsight"  - 2:27
  11. "Martin"  - 2:46
  12. "Pass the Buck"  - 1:27
  13. "Quiet Man"  - 2:40
  14. "Drastic"  - 1:23
  15. "(Just A) Patsy"  - 6:10*

*at the end of the album, there is a hidden track called "Greezy Wheezy". The band has also played it several times live and the video of it can be seen on the movie .

Credits

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sick of It All Call to Arms (retro review) (1999) . July 9, 2020.
  2. Web site: Call To Arms. Fat Wreck Chords.
  3. Web site: Sick Of It All: Call To Arms. Music.
  4. Web site: Must Hear. CMJ New Music Report. February 15, 1999. CMJ Network, Inc.. Google Books.

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